"No Karen, you can't return unused ammo just because its the end of the fiscal year."
With her assignment to the quartermaster department of the Tamar Pact Captain von Tunt maintained her defense industry contacts and further developed those ties. She was included as the Tamar staff representative of the 3048 Military Industrial Fact Finding Tour, which traveled to the primary producers across the Lyran state to determine their exploitation of the Helm data and what could be done to further increase production. During her time on time on Coventry she renewed the acquaintance from Archon Prep of Shelly Bradford, the Duke's second cousin. Using that social connection and LCAF funds (out of the test model program) she had her Firestarter upgraded to the new FS9-S standard which mounted some of the new tech for 'evaluation' by the quartermasters during the tour. After a banquet for the visiting quartermaster officers hosted Duke Bradford Captain von Tunt led a committee writing a glowing recommendation of the adoption of the 9-S standard even though her mech's log showed less than twenty minutes of operation and none of the weapons being fired.
Upon her return to Tamar, Captain von Tunt met then Lt Colonel AC Hogorth, brother to the region's general. Several months later, as a engagement gift her future brother-in-law endorsed the recommendation for her promotion to Major. Shortly after her promotion she and her fiancé attended the funeral on Hesperus of industry titan Randolph Brewster and his wife after their tragic accident. She resumed her duties with the quartermaster corp, being placed in charge of the Tamar Pact's ammunition expenditures and tracking department. To improve the accounting for her department with the end of 3048 looming, Major von Tunt was trying to return unused ammunition stores to their producers as 'surplus' thus drawing down the expenditures budget and making her department come in 'below' budget requirements. During lunch with a military supplier, the supplier was infamously overheard to tell her, 'No Karen, you cannot return unused ammunition just because its the ed of the fiscal year. It's not going to get you a credit with my company.'
The whispered statement made quite the rounds in the office pools.
Preparing for the next fiscal year, Major Karen von Tunt made quite a name for herself denying and indeed trying to block AFFC formations trying to requisition additional ammunition for battling some periphery pirates. Her memo on the policy went as far as Tharkad before she suddenly found herself re-assigned to the mercenary liaison department. Her complaints to 'Great-Aunt Nondi' Steiner went unanswered.
A. It will be noted that the LCAF historically has not had to increase ammunition expenditures against periphery pirates as they rarely stand to fighting and the equipment encountered is in poor shape so that a minimal use of ammunition dependant weapons backed up by full use of energy weapons is enough to finish them.
B. LCAF unit has historically captured pirate stockpiles of ammunition which demonstrates a decrease in ammunition requisitions due to captures.
C. LCAF units historically report decreased pirate activity after destruction of a few of the larger bands, who also have larger ammunition stockpiles to capture.
Go kill some of these pirates you are citing as the need for more ammo and you will find replacement ammo. -Tamar Pact internal memo Dec 3048